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Pact publishes program data to IATI

Pact has become the first US Agency for International Development (USAID) implementing partner to elect to publish its international development…

Posted in News, NGOs, Technology for Transparency, U.S. | Posted by: Nicole Valentinuzzi
 

A call for action and the MDGs

In letters to the Guardian and New Dawn published on Sunday 12 and Monday 13 May respectively, a coalition of transparency organisations…

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Obama’s open data Executive Order

U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday issued a new order which strengthens the Administration’s vision for open data.

The Executive Order sets a new default for government…

Posted in Data Visualisation, International Aid Transparency Initiative, News, Technology for Transparency, U.S. | Posted by: Nicole Valentinuzzi
 

What do you want from data?

The World Bank has launched a study to better understand what users want from data, and they are asking for…

Posted in News, Technology for Transparency | Posted by: Nicole Valentinuzzi
 
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PRESS RELEASE: Huge boost for aid effectiveness as groundbreaking transparency initiative gains momentum

Over 130 organisations are now publishing their data to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), an open data platform that…

Posted in International Aid Transparency Initiative, News, Press Releases | Posted by: Nicole Valentinuzzi
 
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Honduras makes aid data public

Honduras made an important step towards greater transparency by launching their aid data platform last week.

The Platform for Aid Management (PGC) will…

Posted in Data Visualisation, International Aid Transparency Initiative, News, Technology for Transparency | Posted by: Nicole Valentinuzzi
 

EU agrees transparency rules for oil and mining firms

Companies in the European Union will now have to disclose in future how much they pay foreign governments to secure…

Posted in EC, News, NGOs, Technology for Transparency, UK | Posted by: Nicole Valentinuzzi
 

Figures released today show continued drop in aid spend

The OECD has released its latest raft of aid figures today, revealing that aid continues to slips further as governments tighten budgets.

The…

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Inter-American Development Bank publishes aid data

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has begun publishing to the International Aid Transparency Initiative for the first time, as of last week.

IDB…

Posted in International Aid Transparency Initiative, News | Posted by: Nicole Valentinuzzi
 

New hosts for aid data initiative

The International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) will have a new set of hosts, decided by the steering committee yesterday in…

Posted in International Aid Transparency Initiative, News, Sweden, UK | Posted by: Nicole Valentinuzzi